Editors

Charles R. Figley, Ph.D., is a Fulbright Fellow, former US Marine Sergeant and Vietnam War veterans, Founding Editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress, Founding President of the ISTSS, and currently a College of Social Work Professor and Director of the Florida State University Traumatology Institute, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

William T. Nash, CAPT, MC, USN, is a senior U.S. Navy psychiatrist who served with the First Marine Expeditionary Force in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq during 2004 and 2005 and is Combat and Operational Stress Control Coordinator, Headquarters, Marine Corps [Manpower & Reserve Affairs (MR)], Quantico, Virginia, USA

Authors

Dewleen Baker, M.D., is Director of the PTSD and Stress Disorders Program at the San Diego, California , Veterans Administration Medical Center

He should NOT be included as an author on our chapter.

Joseph A. Boscarino, Ph.D. MPH is a former Senior Scientist at the New York Academy of Medicine and is currently the Senior Investigator-II at the Center for Health Research & Rural Advocacy, Geisinger Health System in Danville , Pennsylvania, USA

Kathy Darte, MN is the Co-Manager, Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS), National Defense Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada

Rachel Dekel, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work , Bar-Illan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Kent D. Drescher, M. Div., Ph.D. is the Coordinator of Assessment and Data Management, National Center for PTSD Inpatient Programs, Menlo Park, California , USA

David W. Foy, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at the Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Pepperdine Unversity, Encino, California, USA  

Ken Graap. M.Ed., is President and CEO of Virtually Better, Decatur, Georgia, USA

Neil Greenberg, BM, BSc, MMedSc, ILTM, MRCPsych is Surgeon Commander Royal Navy and currently at the King's Centre for Military Health Research Military Liaison Officer, Surgeon Commander Royal Navy, Academic Dept of Psychological Medicine, GKT School of Medicine & Institute of Psychiatry, Weston Education Centre, London, the UK

Lt.Col Stephane Grenier is founder and Project Manager of the Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) Project Manager (DCSA)National Defence Hq, Ottawa, Canada

Alexandra Heber, M.D, FRCPC is consulting psychiatrist for the Canadian Forces Health Services Centre, Operational Trauma and Stress Support Centre, Ottawa, Canada

Deborah Hemel, B.A. is a 2005-2006 Fulbright fellow in the Department of Overseas Studies,  University of Haifa, Israel.

Yair Hillel is a former member of the Israeli Army who was injured from a terrorist attack and currently is PhD student in the Psychology Department of the University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, focusing his dissertation on metamemory for traumatic events as a risk factor for PTSD.

Noa Idar, M.A. is a PhD student in the Psychology Department of the university of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. Her M.A, thesis was on quality of life among injured soldiers with and without PTSD.

Ehud M. Klein, M.D. is the chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Danny Koren, Ph.D. is the chair of the Clinical Program in the Psychology Department, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Judith A. Lyons, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with the G. V. (“Sonny”) Montgomery VA Medical Center, the VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), and the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Bret A. Moore, PsyD. is US Army Captain who served in Iraq 2005-2006. He was the Officer in Charge of a combat stress control preventive team with the 85th Medical Detachment. Currently he is Clinical Psychologist, 85 th Medical Detachment, Combat Stress Control, Ft. Hood, Texas, USA

Jeffrey M. Pyne, Ph.D., Center for Mental Health and Outcomes Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Greg Reger, Ph.D., is US Army Captain who served in Iraq 2005-2006. He was the Clinical Psychologist with the 98th Medical Detachment, Combat Stress Control. Currently he is a Clinical Psychologist, 98 th Medical Detachment, Combat Stress Control, Ft. Lewis, Washington, USA

Skip Rizzo, PhD., Research Scientist and Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Creative Technologies and School of Gerontology, University of Southern California

Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D. is the former President of the Internaitonal Society for Trauamtic Stress Studies and currently a Professor in Psychiatry, Director, Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

James Spira, PhD, MPH, ABPP, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry; University of California, San Diego and the Mental Health Services, Naval Medical Center, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, California, USA

Mark W. Smith, CDR, CHC, USN is an instructor at the National Security Affairs was the chaplain who worked with the returning First Marine Expeditionary Force Command Element from Iraq in the spring of 2005

Major Cameron March, Retired is Acting Major, Royal Marines, Ministry of Defense, Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Don Richardson, M.D. (FRCPC, Consultant Psychiatrist at Operational Stress Injury Clinic, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph's Health Care, London Canada; Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, & Consultant Psychiatrist at Veterans Affairs Canada, Hamilton, Canada

Zahava Solomon, Ph.D. is a Former Major, Israeli Defense Force and pioneer in the study of war veterans and their wives. She was the first to document secondary traumatic stress reactions in the former population. Currently she is Professor, School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

James Spira, PhD, MPH, ABPP is Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California and the Mental Health Services, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, USA

Brenda K. Wiederhold won the 2005 Satava Award for “demonstrating unique vision and commitment to the improvement of medicine through advanced technology” and is currently Chief Executive Officer of the Interactive Media Institute in San Diego, California, USA

Editorial Assistant

Kristy N. Scarpa, BA, Graduate Student Research Assistant to Professor Figley, Florida State University Traumatology Institute, Tallahassee, Florida, USA